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. >> as president obama and mitt romney prepare for the debate in denver, survivors of recent shooting massacres are asking the moderator to ask the candidates about gun violence. we will speak with colin goddard, who survived the shooting at virginia tech in 2007, and to poet professor nikki g rabbani, who taught the shooter in her class. >> if you are not concerned about gun violence, what are you concerned about? >> first, the u.s. death toll an event -- afghanistan tops 2000. we talk about america's longest- running war. all that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. iran's currency has hit an all- time low amidst a worsening financial crisis brought upon by u.s.-led sanctions. on monday, the iranian rial dropped 15% to its lowest point against the dollar, capping a three-month contest that has seen its overall value drop 57%. the price of basic foods are on the rise since a new round of sanctions took place in july. a former u.s. ambassador to the un and under secretary of state thomas pickering criticized the act.
. >> as president obama and mitt romney prepare for the debate in denver, survivors of recent shooting massacres are asking the moderator to ask the candidates about gun violence. we will speak with colin goddard, who survived the shooting at virginia tech in 2007, and to poet professor nikki g rabbani, who taught the shooter in her class. >> if you are not concerned about gun violence, what are you concerned about? >> first, the u.s. death toll an event -- afghanistan tops...
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>> mitt romney is record is a losing record for mitt romney, but only if the democrats make a big deal at it. they did not make a big deal out of george w. bush's texas' record, for some bizarre reason. why don't they put up a string of companies that bain capital under romney bought, strip mined, loaded with debt, laid- off workers, and threw into bankruptcy? >> we will leave it there. thank you for being with us, ralph nader. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]
>> mitt romney is record is a losing record for mitt romney, but only if the democrats make a big deal at it. they did not make a big deal out of george w. bush's texas' record, for some bizarre reason. why don't they put up a string of companies that bain capital under romney bought, strip mined, loaded with debt, laid- off workers, and threw into bankruptcy? >> we will leave it there. thank you for being with us, ralph nader. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who...
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that was mitt romney's father, george romney. why is releasing tax returns so significant? what do you learn from them and what do we not know from mitt romney? >> i think the point about releasing only one year is very significant. for example, the swiss bank account pops up on the 2010 tax return. it was closed after that, and is now closed. the 2011 estimate that was produced revealed it had been closed. that was something that popped up. one year just gives you a snapshot, but the thing about income and taxes, income is very flexible when you are rich and have will the tax of visors, you can shift it around from year to year. unless you have a pattern over a number of years to see where the income is going and establish that as a sort of regular pattern, then it is very difficult to say anything for sure. he could have shoveled a lot of income from one year into another year and made it look a particular way. we just don't know. it is very important to get a lot more information than has been produced by mitt romney. >> we will take a break and come back to this discuss
that was mitt romney's father, george romney. why is releasing tax returns so significant? what do you learn from them and what do we not know from mitt romney? >> i think the point about releasing only one year is very significant. for example, the swiss bank account pops up on the 2010 tax return. it was closed after that, and is now closed. the 2011 estimate that was produced revealed it had been closed. that was something that popped up. one year just gives you a snapshot, but the...
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adelson and his wife have donated $10 million to the pro romney super pac, restore our future, in the past few days. adelson initially supported newt gingrich during the republican primary, giving a pro-gingrich super pac more than $20 million. adelson said he could wind up spending up to $100 billion to support republican candidates and the 2012 race. ironically, though, the donation by gingrich's former backer to romney came just as gingrich himself openly complained that u.s. elections are rigged in favor of the wealthy. gingrich was speaking in an appearance on msnbc. >> it's very hard to compete with the billionaire, if they get to spend all the money they want in the middle class candidates raising money and $2,500 units. i think the current system is rigged in favor of the wealthy. >> monika bauerlein, your response, given the fact gingrich stayed in the race so long because of the money donated to him by adelson? >> good for him. i mean, you might say even a stopped clock is right once a day. gingrich hits it on the head here. it is true that billionaires are underwriting poli
adelson and his wife have donated $10 million to the pro romney super pac, restore our future, in the past few days. adelson initially supported newt gingrich during the republican primary, giving a pro-gingrich super pac more than $20 million. adelson said he could wind up spending up to $100 billion to support republican candidates and the 2012 race. ironically, though, the donation by gingrich's former backer to romney came just as gingrich himself openly complained that u.s. elections are...
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romney has a different idea. he invested in companies that have been called pioneers of outsourcing. pioneer int a outsourcing. i want some insourcing. i want to bring companies back. >> that is president obama. by the way, he is in new york tonight at the nomad hotel at a fund-raising dinner, 60 guests spending $40,000 each at a hotel near the gramercy park. >> we won't be there. >> but his idea? >> his idea is a very valid idea. one of the things happening with the multinationals is a lot of the money they earn offshore they keep offshore. the estimates the amount of money, it's like apple, pharmaceutical companies, technological companies, their estimates are $2 trillion sitting in foreign accounts that they will not bring back to this country. and they will not bring it back is because of this onerous u.s. tax rate. but the fact is, of years ago congress waived that and let the number of them bring money back. it's mine memory is correct, they brought back $3.3 billion. with the understanding they would creat
romney has a different idea. he invested in companies that have been called pioneers of outsourcing. pioneer int a outsourcing. i want some insourcing. i want to bring companies back. >> that is president obama. by the way, he is in new york tonight at the nomad hotel at a fund-raising dinner, 60 guests spending $40,000 each at a hotel near the gramercy park. >> we won't be there. >> but his idea? >> his idea is a very valid idea. one of the things happening with the...
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romney's side. they were together at bain capital. he comes in and handles all the books and letters and finances. when romney leaves shortly after the games to run for governor of massachusetts, he took over and was ceo until the books were closed down at the end of 2002. he was at romney's side -- i quote people saying, would never have a mitt romney, the governor's representative on the board, would never have had a mitt romney without a fraser bullock. fraser bullock and his family and his business associates, at the time i wrote this and they may have given more sense, gave almost $800,000 to mitt romney's campaign. the people have written about in these three stores have collectively given over $2 million to the romney campaign, including the ticket broker involved in the london games. he got his first exclusive contract from mitt romney. he is the one he made the $131,000 in cash payoffs and fraser bullock has become his partner in jet sport and coast port, the two companies screwing up the o
romney's side. they were together at bain capital. he comes in and handles all the books and letters and finances. when romney leaves shortly after the games to run for governor of massachusetts, he took over and was ceo until the books were closed down at the end of 2002. he was at romney's side -- i quote people saying, would never have a mitt romney, the governor's representative on the board, would never have had a mitt romney without a fraser bullock. fraser bullock and his family and his...
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mitt romney went to shake his hand. he put his hand on the shoulder last night as he is coming to give his acceptance address, and pointed at him read >> the triumph of karl rove. you do have a real [unintelligible] between the establishment and the tea party and karl rove really embodied the establishment. romney was much more of an establishment candidate, not a tea party favorite. you had rove quietly behind the scenes. romney never really caught fire. he rarely got 20%, maybe 30% of votes in the primaries. but he outlasted everyone as they were shot in the back. finally rove was able to harness the tea party dynamism and get the big backers like the koch brothers and sheldon adelson, and that meant vast sums of money they are able to spend today. >> thank you for being with us, craig unger and arun gupta. craig unger wrote, "boss rove: inside karl rove's secret kingdom of power." it hits bookshelves on september 4. you can read and that served on -- an exceprt on democracynow.org. when we come back, the speech of cl
mitt romney went to shake his hand. he put his hand on the shoulder last night as he is coming to give his acceptance address, and pointed at him read >> the triumph of karl rove. you do have a real [unintelligible] between the establishment and the tea party and karl rove really embodied the establishment. romney was much more of an establishment candidate, not a tea party favorite. you had rove quietly behind the scenes. romney never really caught fire. he rarely got 20%, maybe 30% of...
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i'm not so sure candidate romney will react in the same way as president romney. i would not take it too seriously. if he were to get into the white house, which we hope he will not, but if you're in the white house, he would have other considerations rather than the elections. so i would not be sure that romney would be a guaranteed for the american-israeli attack, either. >> how relevant to you think this debate is taking place just months before the elections here? >> it seems israel is at least trying to ignore the elections and maybe to do something before the elections. at least, that is the atmosphere the israelis not going to wait until the elections. it is very hard to explain. it is very hard to understand how can israel the prime minister dared to do something in such a sensitive time, but [unintelligible] it is not easy to explain. it starts to be really suspicious because it could be that such rhetorics will end up with nothing. >> gideon levy it has been reported a majority of israelis are opposed to any israeli action against iran at the moment. >>
i'm not so sure candidate romney will react in the same way as president romney. i would not take it too seriously. if he were to get into the white house, which we hope he will not, but if you're in the white house, he would have other considerations rather than the elections. so i would not be sure that romney would be a guaranteed for the american-israeli attack, either. >> how relevant to you think this debate is taking place just months before the elections here? >> it seems...
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george romney was well loved. if you go to lansing, there are so many buildings and after him. -- there are many buildings named after him did he said he was born here, so i don't have to show you my birth certificate. my response to that was, no, your house got torn down just like so many others in downtown detroit that was because of the kind of globalization and the sting out of michigan that has happened since. as soon as mitt said, let detroit go bankrupt, you know, whatever people around the country think about the big publisher i call them 2.5's since chrysler has become so small, there are really the life blood. what he has done throughout his career, mitt romney has shut down these companies that are trying to make things -- if these from the u.s. and outsource them overseas. he had difficulty here against santorum because santorum has a better manufacturing record and romney. i do not know why romney never understood manufacturing, having grown up with it, but he did not. >> and his latest video of mitt
george romney was well loved. if you go to lansing, there are so many buildings and after him. -- there are many buildings named after him did he said he was born here, so i don't have to show you my birth certificate. my response to that was, no, your house got torn down just like so many others in downtown detroit that was because of the kind of globalization and the sting out of michigan that has happened since. as soon as mitt said, let detroit go bankrupt, you know, whatever people around...
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romney's remarks come days after his top spokesperson said romney does not believe the mandate is a tax. the supreme court upheld the individual mandate at the core of obama's health care law last week on the grounds of it being a tax. romney enacted a nearly identical mandate when he was governor of massachusetts. on wednesday, romney marked the fourth of july with an appearance in new hampshire. speaking to supporters, he continued with a campaign theme of linking president obama's policies to european-style social welfare. >> we believe in america. [cheers] we do not want to change america into something it is not. we do not want to make america more like europe or any other place. we want to make america more like america with the conviction that freedom is right, that all people are designed opportunities. >> mean what the white house, president obama spent the fourth of july hosting a celebration and concert for u.s. service members. >> because of your service and sacrifice, all of our troops are out of iraq. because of your service -- [applause] because of your service and sacrif
romney's remarks come days after his top spokesperson said romney does not believe the mandate is a tax. the supreme court upheld the individual mandate at the core of obama's health care law last week on the grounds of it being a tax. romney enacted a nearly identical mandate when he was governor of massachusetts. on wednesday, romney marked the fourth of july with an appearance in new hampshire. speaking to supporters, he continued with a campaign theme of linking president obama's policies...
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obama's final electoral college tally was 332 votes to romney's 206. video has been released a president obama breaking into tears as he thanks workers and volunteers at his chicago campaign headquarters. obama made the visit the day after he won reelection. >> even before last night's results, i felt the the work i had done in running for office had come full circle because you guys -- [indiscernible] i am really proud of that. i am proud of all of you. and what you have -- [applause] >> president obama is expected to deliver his first address since his victory speech later today with a statement on the economy. topping up in his post-election domestic agenda is the so-called fiscal cliff of $700 billion in expiring tax cuts and automatic spending reductions set to take effect at the end of the year. under the terms of last year's debt deal, obama and senate democrats must agree on a deficit reduction package with house republicans or face automatic cuts that will likely contract the economy. on thursday, a new study from the congressional budget offi
obama's final electoral college tally was 332 votes to romney's 206. video has been released a president obama breaking into tears as he thanks workers and volunteers at his chicago campaign headquarters. obama made the visit the day after he won reelection. >> even before last night's results, i felt the the work i had done in running for office had come full circle because you guys -- [indiscernible] i am really proud of that. i am proud of all of you. and what you have -- [applause]...
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obama debuted a new nickname for romney -- the opposite of robin hood, romney could. >> governor romney's plan would effectively raise taxes on middle-class families with children by an average of $2,000. to pay for this tax cut it to as the middle class to pay more in taxes so he could give another $250,000 tax cut to people making more than $3 million a year. it is like robin hood in reverse. [laughter] it is romney hood. >> in what has tickets for the green party continues to add direct actions to its can penitentiary. the green party's presidential nominee jill stein and her running partner cheri honkala or arrested in philadelphia at an anti foreclosure rally targeting the government-backed lender fannie mae. they and four others spent the night in jail before being released. they have been charged with trespassing and will appear in court next month. a mosque in joplin, missouri has burnt to the ground after suffering its second fire in just over a month. it was set ablaze in the early hours of monday morning. firefighters were unable to contain the fire in time, leaving the mosque
obama debuted a new nickname for romney -- the opposite of robin hood, romney could. >> governor romney's plan would effectively raise taxes on middle-class families with children by an average of $2,000. to pay for this tax cut it to as the middle class to pay more in taxes so he could give another $250,000 tax cut to people making more than $3 million a year. it is like robin hood in reverse. [laughter] it is romney hood. >> in what has tickets for the green party continues to add...
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who does mitt romney turn to? also, talked about the fact is running for president not as former governor of massachusetts, but as the former head of the private equity firm bain, that is what he is saying is or are his credentials for the job. >> yes, both disturbing. glenn hubbard is one of his economic advisers. hubbard not only has the major conflict of interest detail in the film and in the book, but he also -- when he was head of the council of economic advisers of the torch to the bush administration, he was one of the principal designers of the bush tax cuts, half of whose benefits went to the upper 1% of the population. i do not think mr. romney's toys of economic advisers indicates his concern for the middle class, nor the poor. the private equity industry in general, including bain capital, is an industry that is largely unregulated. although in some cases, private equity transactions have had benefits for companies, for the most part, private equity is an extremely efficient machine for making lots of
who does mitt romney turn to? also, talked about the fact is running for president not as former governor of massachusetts, but as the former head of the private equity firm bain, that is what he is saying is or are his credentials for the job. >> yes, both disturbing. glenn hubbard is one of his economic advisers. hubbard not only has the major conflict of interest detail in the film and in the book, but he also -- when he was head of the council of economic advisers of the torch to the...
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>> that was mitt romney. danny glover, your response? >> poverty in the area is 40%, near 40% over the last 13 years. in venezuela, and all of the region. part of it is associated with the integration. once you get out into the fields, you begin to talk with people who have worked their way and not with cash handouts, but worked their way out of poverty. that is the real story of achievement, not only in venezuela, the other places as well. >> finally, danny, you have spent time with president chavez. were you with him when he voted? how is his health? he has been treated -- >> i saw someone, and i have not seen pictures of president chÁvez over this ordeal in terms of his health and dealing with his cancer, but i just saw someone very energized and a little bit heavier than i remembered him from the last time i was here. i think that was in new york about three years ago. he seems to be very excited and energized and certainly, those of us who were part of the delegation, it in his voting station, or certainly taken by his vigor. warni
>> that was mitt romney. danny glover, your response? >> poverty in the area is 40%, near 40% over the last 13 years. in venezuela, and all of the region. part of it is associated with the integration. once you get out into the fields, you begin to talk with people who have worked their way and not with cash handouts, but worked their way out of poverty. that is the real story of achievement, not only in venezuela, the other places as well. >> finally, danny, you have spent...
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romney is strong on these issues, too. he is now backing romney. beis overriding concern is to president obama. he believes president obama is weak on middle east issues. he also is publicly castigated him for economic policies and nothing described him to forbes magazine as socialist-style economic policies, which he is worried about continuing for another four years. so he has dedicate -- he is dedicated to defeating obama and throwing a lot of money, tens of millions of dollars, and to other groups outside groups that are planning big in trying to help republicans when the senate and keep the house. i reported a few weeks ago in "the huffington post," that he has given an estimated $70 million or committed to that amount thus far this cycle. we know about $30 million of that is public at this stage. i learned he has given at least $10 million to the karl rove group that does not have to disclose its donors, and pledged another $10 million for karl rove's operation did likewise, his given recently $10 million to a koch entity, one of the groups b
romney is strong on these issues, too. he is now backing romney. beis overriding concern is to president obama. he believes president obama is weak on middle east issues. he also is publicly castigated him for economic policies and nothing described him to forbes magazine as socialist-style economic policies, which he is worried about continuing for another four years. so he has dedicate -- he is dedicated to defeating obama and throwing a lot of money, tens of millions of dollars, and to other...
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governor romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first, aim later. as president, i have learned you cannot do that. it is important for you to make sure the statements you make are backed up by the facts, they have got to the ramifications. >> do you think it was irresponsible? >> i will let the american people decide. >> the census bureau reports the richest americans increased their share of total walk by 4.9% while the median income reached its lowest level since 1995. some 46.2 million americans are classified as living in poverty. the census also shows the number of uninsured in the u.s. dropped for the first time in three years, with 1.3 million people obtaining insurance. a federal judge has affirmed an earlier ruling blocking a controversial statute that gave the government power to indefinitely detain anyone it considered a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial. judge katherine forrest issued a preliminary injunction against a provision in the national defense authorization act or ndaa earlier this year. on wednesda
governor romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first, aim later. as president, i have learned you cannot do that. it is important for you to make sure the statements you make are backed up by the facts, they have got to the ramifications. >> do you think it was irresponsible? >> i will let the american people decide. >> the census bureau reports the richest americans increased their share of total walk by 4.9% while the median income reached its lowest level since 1995....
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both candidates appealed to voters by attacking the other's record on china, with romney saying he will stop the country from taking u.s. jobs. >> one of the nations that has cheated over the years has been china. they have artificially held down the value of their currency. by doing that, the prices of their products are artificially low. when the prices are low and compete with our manufacturers, our guys go out of business and lose jobs. one thing i will do from day one is labelled china a currency manipulator. they must not steal jobs in unfair ways. >> romley's comments come days after his tax returns showed his trust has invested in a chinese will company doing business with iran. president obama criticized his comments on china. >> he said he is going to take the fight to the chinese. he will go after these cheaters. i have got to admit, that message is better than what he has actually done. it sounds better than talking about all the years he spent propping from companies that sent our jobs to china. >> obama was speaking at bowling state university. at the university of califor
both candidates appealed to voters by attacking the other's record on china, with romney saying he will stop the country from taking u.s. jobs. >> one of the nations that has cheated over the years has been china. they have artificially held down the value of their currency. by doing that, the prices of their products are artificially low. when the prices are low and compete with our manufacturers, our guys go out of business and lose jobs. one thing i will do from day one is labelled...
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the financial sector's donating $37 million to mitt romney so far. the obama administration's hall, $4.8 million. even his own wall street supporters are going over to romney right now. so he would say he is doing better than romney would in trying to take on these guys through the >. >> i think for president obama there are two scenarios. one, he has not been on top of what these negotiators are doing. this has been under the radar. it is so in part for the attacks to come out because it sends a warning to congress, the public, etc. basically, his negotiators on the loose. there many of the same people who got us into nafta during the clinton administration. the other alternative explanation is just the money one, which it is the case that this is an agreement the 1% love. it is their fantasy. it is not just on the margins and a national government you have to keep fighting with all your money and lobbying to try to get you want, but this would lock it in for the future. >> lori wallach, thank you for being with us. we will continue to watch this. w
the financial sector's donating $37 million to mitt romney so far. the obama administration's hall, $4.8 million. even his own wall street supporters are going over to romney right now. so he would say he is doing better than romney would in trying to take on these guys through the >. >> i think for president obama there are two scenarios. one, he has not been on top of what these negotiators are doing. this has been under the radar. it is so in part for the attacks to come out because...
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glenn hubbard is certainly not one but he is now senior economic advisor to the romney campaign. it unfortunately has become a completely bipartisan issue. very strong financial ties to the financial services industries on both sides. >> you make a critical point when you won the oscar at the 83rd annual academy awards. you won it for "inside job." in your acceptance speech, he drew applause after calling for the jailing of financial executives. >> forgive me. i must start by pointing out that three years after a horrific financial crisis caused by massive fraud, not a single financial executive has gone to jail and that is wrong. [applause] >> what crimes were committed, charles ferguson? what should executives be put in jail for? >> it is a very long list. serve at the top of the list would be securities fraud, accounting fraud and violations. securities fraud is precisely what the name implies. if you sell a security but lie about it or omit information, that is a crime. we know a very high fraction of securities during the housing bubble that led to the financial crisis were
glenn hubbard is certainly not one but he is now senior economic advisor to the romney campaign. it unfortunately has become a completely bipartisan issue. very strong financial ties to the financial services industries on both sides. >> you make a critical point when you won the oscar at the 83rd annual academy awards. you won it for "inside job." in your acceptance speech, he drew applause after calling for the jailing of financial executives. >> forgive me. i must start...
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how'd you think romney will handle this? are you comfortable with him having a kill list? >> i have no idea what you're talking about. >> obama has a secret kill list. >> i will be happy to answer any serious questions. >> the existence of the u.s. kill list has been publicly known for nearly two years and was the subject of a 6000-word exposÉ in the new york times earlier this year. at the same event, former white house press secretary and current obama campaign adviser robert gibbs was asked about the was killing of awlaki, the teenage son of anwar al- awlaki's. in response, gibbs blamed the elder awlaki for his son's assassination by u.s. drone. >> do you think the california son iski's 16-year-old justifiable? what i'm not going to get into his son. i know anwar awlaki renounced his citizenship. >> his son was still an american citizen. >> he did great harm to this country. he was a regional al qaeda commander hoping to inflict harm and destruction on people that share his religion and others in this country. >> that is an american citizen being targeted without charg
how'd you think romney will handle this? are you comfortable with him having a kill list? >> i have no idea what you're talking about. >> obama has a secret kill list. >> i will be happy to answer any serious questions. >> the existence of the u.s. kill list has been publicly known for nearly two years and was the subject of a 6000-word exposÉ in the new york times earlier this year. at the same event, former white house press secretary and current obama campaign...
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he has given tens of millions of dollars to newt gingrich, mitt romney, and other republican causes, and has spoken of spending upwards of $100 million to defeat president obama's in in the next election. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the new york times has revealed the u.s. food and drug administration conducted an extensive spying campaign against its own scientists. the spying began after the scientists warned the fda had fully approved medical imaging devices for colonoscopy is and mammograms that endangered patients with high levels of radiation. the covert spying operation led the agency to monitor the scientists' computers at work and at home, copying emails and thumb drives and even monitoring individual messages line by line as they were being composed in real time. messages monitored included emails two journalists, members of congress, and even to president obama himself. the agency also created an enemies list. senator chuck grassley of iowa, the top republican on the senate judiciary committee, has urged u.s. law e
he has given tens of millions of dollars to newt gingrich, mitt romney, and other republican causes, and has spoken of spending upwards of $100 million to defeat president obama's in in the next election. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the new york times has revealed the u.s. food and drug administration conducted an extensive spying campaign against its own scientists. the spying began after the scientists warned the fda had...
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the workers have been trying to get romney to save their jobs. >> romney supporters in the audience were calling as communists because we're trying to save our jobs from going to communist china. >> first, mother jones reporter david corn who obtained the secret mitt romney tapes. >> david corn and mitt romney and the showdown, the inside story and "showdown: the indside story of how obama fought back against boehner, cantor, and the tea party." all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from freeport, illinois. the justice department's inspector general has issued a long anticipated report faulting top federal officials over the controversial gun sting operation known as fast and furious while exonerating attorney general eric holder. the operation saw u.s. agents allowing the sale of thousands of guns to middlemen for mexican drug cartels in an attempt to gain access to senior level figures within mexico's criminal organization. the nearly 500-page report, issued wednesday, accuses federal p
the workers have been trying to get romney to save their jobs. >> romney supporters in the audience were calling as communists because we're trying to save our jobs from going to communist china. >> first, mother jones reporter david corn who obtained the secret mitt romney tapes. >> david corn and mitt romney and the showdown, the inside story and "showdown: the indside story of how obama fought back against boehner, cantor, and the tea party." all of that and more...
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romney, on mr. obama, on the congress, on bloomberg. the 99% have to get their share. >> tens of thousands of people gathered in the rain in oslo, norway thursday to protest massacre suspect anders behring breivik by singing and norwegian version of the seeger's "my reno race." all across norway, and the region's flock to public squares to mark breivik's try with peaceful singing. he is charged with killing 77 people in a bomb and shooting rampage including 69 killed at a labor party youth camp, most of whom were teenagers. he said he targeted the ruling labor party because their policies were to open to muslim immigrants. a norwegian version, living together in harmony with specifically targeted by pratique last week -- the norwegian version of the song, which is about living together in harmony, was specifically targeted by breivik last week. protesters also marched on the courthouse in oslo and lined walkways with red and white flowers. >> ♪ who could ask for more ♪ >> those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," de
romney, on mr. obama, on the congress, on bloomberg. the 99% have to get their share. >> tens of thousands of people gathered in the rain in oslo, norway thursday to protest massacre suspect anders behring breivik by singing and norwegian version of the seeger's "my reno race." all across norway, and the region's flock to public squares to mark breivik's try with peaceful singing. he is charged with killing 77 people in a bomb and shooting rampage including 69 killed at a labor...
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thursday, romney's campaign said it took in more than $100 million in june. romney is expected to be the first candidate in history to out raise an incumbent president seeking reelection. speaking in ohio, president obama criticized romney's record on the auto industry bailout and announce the u.s. has launched a new trade complete over chinese tariffs. >> when the american auto industry was on the brink of collapse and more than 1 million jobs were on the line, governor romney said we should just let detroit go bankrupt. i refused to turn my back on communities like this. i was betting on the american worker, and i was betting on american industry. and three years later, the american auto industry has come roaring back this morning my administration took a new action to hold china a couple for unfair trade practices that harm the american auto makers. >> during his appearance in ohio, obama shared an emotional moment with a supporter -- with a walkman sister who recently died of cancer upholding a signature healthcare law. >> i believe that in america, nobod
thursday, romney's campaign said it took in more than $100 million in june. romney is expected to be the first candidate in history to out raise an incumbent president seeking reelection. speaking in ohio, president obama criticized romney's record on the auto industry bailout and announce the u.s. has launched a new trade complete over chinese tariffs. >> when the american auto industry was on the brink of collapse and more than 1 million jobs were on the line, governor romney said we...
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and unlike obama and romney, romney clarified what he said for the arizona legislation. he was only saying that e-verify was a model. i said the whole bill of their son was a model. -- of the arizona bill was a model. we will also be supporting alabama. we are going to stop the illegal immigration and stop the coddling and catering that is exhibited by the obama administration and that will be followed through by romney. i am the only candidate that will not be in favor of the attaching a green card to a foreign student's graduation diploma. we need to have u.s. citizens first and our american institutions. i've got stacks of recommendations and requests for students atigh-school level to go to college. we need to preserve u.s. college admissions for u.s. citizens first instead of trying to bring in everyone from every country around the world. it is time for the president to put citizenship first and i will print >> rocky anderson of the justice party. >> we need to recognize that for decades, our government in the corporate sector have acted in collusion. that come int
and unlike obama and romney, romney clarified what he said for the arizona legislation. he was only saying that e-verify was a model. i said the whole bill of their son was a model. -- of the arizona bill was a model. we will also be supporting alabama. we are going to stop the illegal immigration and stop the coddling and catering that is exhibited by the obama administration and that will be followed through by romney. i am the only candidate that will not be in favor of the attaching a green...
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romney's the address to criticize the open administration's record on security leaks and foreign policy. >> the president's policies have made it harder to recover from the deepest recession in 70 years, exposed the military to cuts that no unjustified, compromised our national security secrets. and in dealings with other nations, he has given trust where it is not earned, in salt where it was undeserved, an apology or is not do. >> romney departs today for foreign trip to britain, poland, and israel. the first court-martial for eight u.s. soldiers charged in the death of army private danny chen has begun at north carolina's fort bragg. the 19-year-old chinese- american, chen allegedly took its own life just weeks after he was deployed to afghanistan last october. his family says chen had been abused on an almost daily basis, including racist hazing with soldiers throwing rocks at him, calling him ethnic slurs, and forcing him to do pushups or hang upside down with his mouth full of water. all eight accused soldiers were his superiors in rank. the first shoulder to stand trial assurgent
romney's the address to criticize the open administration's record on security leaks and foreign policy. >> the president's policies have made it harder to recover from the deepest recession in 70 years, exposed the military to cuts that no unjustified, compromised our national security secrets. and in dealings with other nations, he has given trust where it is not earned, in salt where it was undeserved, an apology or is not do. >> romney departs today for foreign trip to britain,...